-Synthetic breed, founded using 62.5% Holstein and 37.5% zebu (mainly Kenyan Sahiwal) inheritance
-A dual-purpose dairy-beef breed
-Mostly with black or black and white coat color. Some animals have brown coats
-Generally with white skin color, some with black skins
-Horned. Horns mostly curved upwards
-Typically straight faced, some with disc or Roman nose face
-Ears with horizontal posture
-Most animals have a profuse dewlap
-About 30 percent of animals have a slight hump
-Sacral region generally angular shaped
-Udders mostly dish or pendulous in shape